[talk] "Conference AV Streaming Donation"

[Pat McEvoy]

Hello,
I am a member of both the BSDCan and EuroBSDcon stream teams along
with the NYC*BUG meeting video person. As a community we have been
streaming and producing the conference videos for both conferences for
a few years now.

I would like to ask the community for help to purchase equipment for
our collective benefit for use in future conferences. While cameras
are easy enough to rent, Decimators, the HDMI to SDI signal conversion
units we have speakers plug into at conferences, do not seem to be an
item AV rental companies stock. By making these purchases we can lower
our yearly AV equipment rental bill and have the key pieces of
equipment on hand for our conferences. The devices in the wish list
below are the next model up from the units we used in Portugal and
will work with the newest Mac laptops. Some members of the community
have expressed interest in helping with the hardware upgrade and would
like the benefit of a US tax system 501c3 donation write off. I have
spoken to the FreeBSD Foundation and they have agreed to purchase the
units for us using funds earmarked for the Conference AV Streaming
Donation.

FreeBSD Foundation: (Please label donation "Conference AV Streaming
Donation" in Paypal comments / check memo please)
https://freebsdfoundation.org/donate/

More info on the Decimator unit:
https://www.decimator.com/Products/MiniConverters/12G-CROSS/12G-CROSS.html

Wish List for a local NYC supplier that carries Decimators if you want to
just buy directly.:
https://www.bnh.com/wish/493426bf537e5b9873ebcad2b31e1ef0/


Patrick McEvoy
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